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Monday, January 26, 2015

Another nation fractures along ethnic, religious, tribal,
and political fault lines- under U.S. pressure. The Selfish Superpower heedlessly
meddles in yet another country, wrecking it in the process.

Yemen was a taped-together nation in the first place. It was
really two countries: North Yemen, which the notorious “strongman” Ali Abdullah
Saleh ruled from 1978 to 1990, and South Yemen, a leftist land. The two never
got along, but united in 1990, with Saleh as boss (official title: “President).

In 2012 his oppressed subjects were inspired by the Arab
Spring to stage street protests, to which Saleh responded in the usual fashion-
with murderous violence. But there was a split in his armed forces, and
eventually the U.S. eased him out and replaced him with one of his underlings. Saleh
figured he’s rule from behind this frontman, but the U.S. had other plans. They
preferred a new, weaker boss who would be their puppet. The U.S. assassinations
by drone and commando raid continued, eroding whatever legitimacy the “government”
had left by proving it exercised no sovereignty.

For years, the usual "collateral damage " (murders of bystanders and "mistaken identity" killings)

by the U.S. in Yemen have soured large sectors of the Yemeni population on the ruling regime, which did nothing for them and now brought in a foreign nation to disrupt their lives and bring grief.

Now the Houthis, a minority group, have seized the capital,
Sana, by force, obliging the U.S. puppet (U.S. government propaganda network
NPR calls him a U.S. “ally”) to resign when his palace was surrounded by armed
Houthis.

Houthis and Al-Qaeda in theArabian Peninsula, the
Yemenifranchise of A-Q, are enemies.
But the Houthis despise the U.S., so they won’t be U.S. stooges.

Now the nation is cracking apart. U.S. media insist Iran is
behind the Houthis. More objective observers see the hand of Saleh, who hopes
to get back in power. U.S. media present no evidence of Iranian involvement,
merely assertion. This should be given no more credence sans actual facts than any U.S. political propaganda deserves
(namely none).